Technological Innovations in Transportation for People With Disabilities: 2011 Workshop Executive Summary

2011PDFTech Reporthttps://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/ear/11042/index.cfmFHWA-HRT-11-042Persons with disabilitiesTechnological innovationsUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and DevelopmentUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and DevelopmentTurner-Fairbank Highway Research CenterExploratory Advanced Research Program (U.S.)Federal Highway AdministrationTechnological advancements could help to empower people with disabilities by addressing their mobility needs, however, the benefits of such advancement have not yet reached this segment of the traveling public. There is an opportunity to explore the suite of new technologies, such as wireless, dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), global positioning systems (GPS), object detection, and robotics to find methods, tools, or devices that offer persons with different impairments accessible transportation to meet their personal mobility and public transportation needs.The Federal Highway Administration\u2019s (FHWA) Office of Operations Research and Development (R&D), with the Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program, intends to examine current and future advancements in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and other technologies that could provide broad safety and mobility benefits for pedestrians, and targeted assistive technology to improve accessible transportation for people with vision impairment and other disabilities. It also aims to identify opportunities and share knowledge and experience on how various technologies, such as mobile computing, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics could be integrated to assist people with disabilities to be more mobile and independent.80